Oldest Soldier Killed In Iraq, (would of been 61 yrs old later this year).

PHOENIX — A 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become the oldest Army soldier to die in that conflict, the military said Thursday.

Maj. Steven Hutchison, of Scottsdale, Ariz., served in Vietnam and wanted to re-enlist immediately after the 9/11 terror attacks, but his wife was against it, his brother said.

Richard Hutchison told The Associated Press on Thursday that when she died, "a part of him died" so he signed up in July 2007 at age 59.

"He was very devoted to the service and to his country," Richard Hutchison said.

He described him as a great big brother and friend. "I didn't want him to go," he said through tears, adding that he loved his brother "so much."

The Pentagon said Steven Hutchison was killed in Iraq on Sunday. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks said Thursday that Hutchison was the oldest Army soldier killed in Iraq.

An Associated Press database of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan shows that Hutchison is the oldest member of any service branch "killed" since the wars broke out.

http://www.wikio.com/news/Steven+Hutchison

The stat about him is true as stated, as far as it goes.

some others:

Chaplain Marceaux was 69, died of illness developed on active duty in theatre

http://www.zeitlangers.com/monthly_html_pages/fallen_Sep_2008.html#4872

and Barbara Heald was a 60-year old civilian killed in mortar attack in Green Zone in 2005

http://www.zeitlangers.com/monthly_html_pages/fallen_Jan_2005.html#4657

I have 42 people fifty or over in my Db.